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035			_a(Sirsi) u52551
041			_aeng
100			_aMalcolm, D.C.
245			_aAfforestation in Britain - a commentary
260			_c1991
350			_a0
490			_aScottish Forestry _v45(4) October 1991, 259-276(9)
520			_aEcological conditions in Britain allow a wide range of productive species to be used in afforestation. Progressive destruction of the species-poor natural forest and a national crisis stimulated the initiative of a programme of planting, over 70 years, by State and private owners that achieved its initial objectives. Techniques to afforest difficult sites emerged from applied research while concentration on financial criteria led to uniform plantations of few species that did not gain public approval. The replacement of fiscal incentives by grant aid has caused a loss of confidence and continued expansion of the forest estate is in doubt, despite the need to transfer agricultural land and a permanent timber deficit. (Journal abstract)
650			_aAFFORESTATION
650			_aFORESTRY
650			_aGRANTS
650			_aSET-ASIDE
650			_aTAX INCENTIVES
690			_aRURAL PRACTICE
942			_n0
948			_c04/03/1997
999			_c32523 _d32523